Re: Cyrus imap 3.4.8: synchronizing local mailbox list with MUPDATE server does not work

Hi

we did some debugging and want to share our findings, so that ist  
problem can be fixed ASAP.

I seams that error is triggered by the following changes to getxstring  
imap/imapparse.c:91
This function has been changed to fix CVE-2024-34055

@@ -149,12 +149,20 @@ EXPORTED int getxstring(struct protstrea
          }

          /* Literal */
-        isnowait = pin->isclient;
+        isnowait = !pin->isclient;
          buf_reset(buf);
          c = getint32(pin, &len);
-        if (c == '+') {
-            // LITERAL- says maximum size is 4096!
-            if (lminus && len > 4096) return EOF;
+
+        if (pin->isclient && c == '+') {
+            /* LITERAL- says maximum size is 4096! */
+            if (lminus && len > 4096) {
+                /* Fail per RFC 7888, Section 4, choice 2 */
+                fatal(error_message(IMAP_LITERAL_MINUS_TOO_LARGE),  
EX_PROTOCOL);
+            }
+            if (config_maxliteral && len >= 0 && (unsigned) len >  
config_maxliteral) {
+                /* Fail per RFC 7888, Section 4, choice 2 */
+                fatal(error_message(IMAP_LITERAL_TOO_LARGE), EX_PROTOCOL);
+            }
              isnowait++;
              c = prot_getc(pin);
          }

I do not understand why the logic for isnowait has been inverted, but  
this could be a red herring,
but as "ctl_mboxlist" is acting as a client i find it more suspicious  
that "pin->isclient" was 0 and
therefore the "if (pin->isclient && c == '+') {" block was skipped

Removing the "pin->isclient &&" from the condition did allow  
"ctl_mboxlist" to run successful
but i suspect that this is not a viable solution as it could/would  
reintroduce some of the problems
from CVE-2024-34055

Kind regards

    Michael Menge


Quoting Jean Charles Delépine via Info <[email protected]>:

> Quoting Ben Müller <[email protected]>:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> we have a small test setup with Cyrus Murder version 3.4 on RHEL 8.
>>
>> With version 3.4.7 all works well, but with version 3.4.8 the  
>> backend server cannot synchronize its local mailbox list with the  
>> MUPDATE server anymore. The command "ctl_mboxlist -m" gives the  
>> error message: "couldn't do LIST command on mupdate server".
>>
>> Does anybody see the same error? What can we do to make it work?
>
> Same problem here vith murder 3.2.12 and backend 3.8.3.
> The initial ctl_mboxlist -m works fine but not the others, ending  
> with "couldn't  do LIST command on mupdate server" error.
>
>         Jean Charles Delépine
>
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